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No.  10. . 

AN  ACT 

Providing:  a  uniform  method  of  electing  certain  party  officers, 
and  delegates  to  the  State  and  National  Conventions,  and 
of  making  nominations  for  certain  public  offices;  providing 
for  the  payment  of  the  expenses  of  the  same;  making  certain 
violations  thereof  misdemeanors,  and  prescribing  penalties 
for  the  violation  of  its  provisions. 

Section  1.  Be  it  enacted,  &c.,  That  this  act  shall 
be  known,  and  may  be  cited,  as  the  "Uniform  Pri- 
maries Act." 

Section  2.  From  and  after  November  first,  one 
thousand  nine  hundred  and  six,  two  primaries  shall  be 
held  each  year,  in  every  election  district  of  this  Com- 
monwealth in  which  nominations  are  to  be  made  or 
delegates  or  party  officers  elected,  as  herein  provided. 
One  shall  be  held  on  the  fourth  Saturday  before  the 
February  election,  to  be  known  as  the  Winter  pri- 
mary; the  other  shall  be  held  on  the  first  Saturday 
of  June, — except  in  years  when  a  President  of  the 
United  States  is  to  be  elected,  in  which  it  shall  be 
held  on  the  second  Saturday  of  April, — to  be  known 
as  the  Spring  primary. 

Delegates  to  State  and  National  conventions,  except 
delegates-at-large  to  National  conventions,  which 
shall  be  elected  by  the  State  convention,  shall  be  elect- 
ed at  the  Spring  primary,  throughout  the  Common- 
wealth, by  any  party  or  body  of  electors  one  of  whose 
candidates,  at  either  the  general  or  February  election 
preceding,  polled  two  per  centum  of  the  largest  entire 
vote  cast  in  the  State  for  anv  candidate  at  the  last 
general  election.  Candidates  for  all  offices  to  be  filled 
at  the  general  election,  with  the  exception  of  those 
nominated  by  National  or  State  conventions,  shall  be 
nominated  at  the  Spring  primary.  Candidates  for 
all  offices  to  be  filled  at  the  February  election  shall 
be  nominated  at  the  Winter  primary,  and  such  party 
officers  as  are  provided  for  by  the  rules  of  the  several 
political  parties  to  be  elected  by  vote  of  the  party 
electors,  shall  be  elected  at  either  or  both  primaries, 
by  any  political  party  or  body  of  electors  one  of  whose 
candidates,  at  either  the  general  or  February  elec- 
tions preceding  such  primary,  polled  two  per  centum 
of  the  largest  entire  vote  cast,  in  the  political  dis- 
trict in  which  nominations  are  to  be  made  or  candi- 
dates elected,  for  any  candidate  at  the  last  general 
election. 

No  delegates  to  State  or  National  conventions,  or 
officers  of  parties,  shall  be  elected,  or  candidates  for 

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the  public  ofiices  herein  specihed  be  uomiuated,  in 
any  other  manner  than  as  set  forth  in  this  act: 
Provided,  That  nothing  herein  contained  shall  prevent 
the  nomination  of  candidates  for  borough  or  township 
offices,  or  other  offices  hot  herein  specifically  enum- 
erated, in  the  manner  provided  by  existing  laws;  or 
any  association  of  electors,  not  constituting  a  party, 
from  nominating  candidates  by  nomination  papers,  as 
is  provided  by  existing  laws. 

This  act  shall  not  apply  to  the  nomination  of  candi- 
dates for  Presidential  electors,  or  to  the  nomination 
of  candidates  to  be  voted  for  at  special  elections  to 
fill  vacancies;  but  it  shall  not  be  construed  to  prevent 
the  nomination  of  Presidential  electors  at  primaries, 
if  the  rules  of  the  respective  parties  so  provide. 

Section  3.  On  or  before  the  ninth  Saturday  preced- 
ing the  Spring  primary,  the  Secretary  of  the  Common- 
wealth shall  send  to  the  county  commissioners  in  each 
county  a  written  notice,  setting  forth  the  number  of 
Congressmen  and  officers  of  the  Commonwealth,  not 
nominated  by  State  Conventions,  to  be  elected  or 
voted  for  therein  at  the  next  succeeding  general  elec- 
tion. 

On  or  before  the  same  date,  the  chairman  of  the 
State  committee  of  each  party  shall  send  to  the  county 
commissioners  a  written  notice,  setting  forth  the 
number  of  delegates  to  be  elected  in  such  county  to 
the  State  and  National  convention  of  such  party. 

On  or  before  the  ninth  Saturday  preceding  each 
primary,  the  chairman  of  the  county  committee  of 
each  party  shall  send  to  the  county  commissioners  of 
such  county  a  written  notice,  setting  forth  the  names 
of  all  party  offices  to  be  filled  by  election  at  the  en- 
suing primary. 

Upon  receipt  of  such  notices,  and  beginning  within 
one  week  thereafter,  such  county  commissioners  shall 
publish  the  number  of  delegates  to  be  elected  to  the 
State  and  National  conventions  of  each  party,  to- 
gether with  the  names  of  all  offices  for  which  nomina- 
tions are  to  be  made  or  candidates  for  the  party 
offices  to  be  elected,  within  the  county,  at  the  ensuing 
primary,  at  least  once  each  week  for  three  successive 
weeks,  in  two  newspapers  of  general  circulation  pub- 
lished within  the  county,  wherever  such  course  is 
possible.  Such  newspapers,  so  far  as  practicable, 
shall  be  representative  of  different  political  parties. 

Section  4.  Official  primary  ballots  for  each  party 
shall  be  prepared  by  the  county  commissioners.  These 
ballots  shall  be  printed  on  white  paper  of  uniform 
quality,  and  shall  be  uniform  in  size,  style  of  printing 
and  srenernl  nppparan<*r^ 


The  ballot  for  each  party  shall  be  in  the  following 
form: 


PRIMARY  BALLOT. 

(Name  of  Party.) 

District, Ward,  City  of 

County  of State  of  Pennsylvania. 

Primary  held  on  the day  of ,  190 — . 

Make  a  cross  (X)  in  the  square  to  the  right  of  each 
candidate  for  whom  you  wish  to  vote.  If  you  desire 
to  vote  for  a  person  whose  name  is  not  on  the  ballot, 
write  or  paste  his  name  in  the  blank  space  provided 
for  that  purpose. 

DELEGATES  TO  STATE  CONVENTION. 
(Vote  for  ) 


John   Doe    (Favors  Thomas  Smith  for  Governor.). 

Richard  Roe,  

John  Stiles    (Favors  Henry  Jones  for  Governor.). 


MEMBER  OF  CONGRESS,    DISTRICT. 

(Vote  for  one.) 


John  Doe,  . . 
Richard  Roe, 
John  Stiles, 


STATE  SENATOR DISTRICT. 

(Vote  for  one.) 


John  Doe,  . . . 
Richard  Roe, 
John  Stiles,  . 


DISTRICT  ATTORNEY. 
(Vote  for  one.) 


John  Doe,  .  . , 
Richard  Roe, 
John  Stiles, 


PARTY  COMMITTEEMEN. 
(Vote  for  ) 


John  Doe, .- 

Richard  Roe, 

John  Stiles, .' 

[And  on  the  back  of  such  ballot  shall  also  be  print- 
ed in  prominent  type  the  name  of  the  party.] 


The  ballot  shall  vary  in  form  only  as  the  names  of 
offices  or  candidates  may  require.  The  names  of  the 
candidates  shall  appear  in  alphabetical  order  under 
the  respective  offices.  The  voter  may  designate  his 
choice,  as  is  indicated  by  the  instructions  shown  on 
the  form  of  ballot  above  set  forth. 

Each  candidate  for  delegate  shall  have  the  right, 
by  filing  a  request  with  the  county  commissioners,  to 
have  printed  at  the  right  of  his  name  upon  the 
official  ballot,  in  the  space  provided  for  that  purpose, 
the  name  of  the  candidate  whom  he  will  support  in 
the  convention. 

Section  5.  The  names  of  candidates  shall  be  printed 
upon  the  official  ballot  of  a  designated  party,  upon 
the  filing  of  petitions,  signed  by  qualified  electors 
of  the  political  district  division  within  which  the 
nomination  or  election  is  to  be  made,  setting  forth 
that  the  signers  thereof  are  members  of  the  party 
designated. 

The  said  petitions,  in  the  case  of  candidates  for 
Congress  or  for  State  offices,  shall  be  filed,  at  least 
four  weeks  prior  to  the  primary,  with  the  Secretary 
of  the  Commonwealth;  and  in  all  other  cases  shall  be 
filed,  at  least  three  weeks  prior  to  the  primary,  with 
the  county  commissioners  of  the  respective  counties. 

The  number  of  signers  shall  be  as  follows: 

1.  Candidates  for  nomination  for  Members  of  Con- 
gress, Judges  of  the  various  courts,  and  State  Sen- 
ator, two  hundred  qualified  electors. 

2.  Candidates  for  nomination  for  Members  of  the 
State  House  of  Representatives,  and  for  offices  to  be 
voted  for  by  the  entire  county,  fifty  qualified  electors. 

3.  Candidates  for  nomination  for  all  other  offices, 
for  delegates  to  State  and  National  conventions,  and 
for  party  offices,  ten  qualified  electors. 

Section  6.  The  Secretary  of  the  Commonwealth, 
immediately  after  the  filing  of  the  said  petitions  with 
him,  shall  forward  to  the  county  commissioners  of 
each  county  a  correct  list  of  the  candidates  of  each 
party  for  the  various  offices,  as  contained  in  such 
petitions. 

The  county  commissioners  shall  have  on  file  in 
their  office,  at  least  one  week  preceding  the  primary, 
open  to  public  inspection,  forms  of  the  ballots  with 
the  names  printed  thereon,  which  shall  be  used  in 
each  election  district  within  such  county. 

Section  7.  The  county  commissioners  shall  prepare, 
and  furnish  to  the  election  officers  for  use  at  the 
primaries,  as  many  official  ballots  of  each  party  as 
are  equal  to  double  the  total  number  of  votes  cast  for 
any  candidate  of  said  party,  within  the  election  dis- 
trict, at  the  last  general  election :  Provided,  That  the 
county  commissioners  shall   furnish   such   additional 


number  of  ballots,  in  any  election  district,  as  may 
be  requested  in  writing  by  the  chairman  of  the  county 
committee  of  any  party;  such  requests  must  be  filed 
with  the  county  commissioners  two  weeks  before  the 
primary. 

The  county  commissioners  shall  also  furnish  one- 
fourth  as  many  specimen  ballots  as  the  whole  num- 
ber of  official  ballots,  to  be  printed  on  colored  paper, 
and  to  be  of  the  same  size  and  form  as  the  official 
ballot,  for  the  use  of  the  electors  at  the  polls. 

The  official  ballots  shall  be  bound,  in  books  of  one 
hundred  each,  in  the  same  manner  as  ballots  at  elec- 
tions; and  shall  be  delivered  to  the  officers  of  elec- 
tion in  the  same  manner  as  ballots  are  or  hereafter 
may  be  required  by  law  to  be  delivered  to  officers 
of  election,  for  use  at  elections. 

The  county  commissioners  shall  prepare,  and  fur- 
nish to  the  election  officers,  at  the  primaries,  such 
ballot  boxes,  properly  numbered  for  each  election  dis- 
trict, lists  of  voters,  forms,  blanks,  return  sheets, 
blank  books  and  other  supplies  as  they  are,  or  here- 
after may  be,  required  to  furnish,  by  law,  to  said 
officers  for  use  at  elections,  and  shall  deliver  them 
in  the  same  manner  as  at  elections.  The  said  supplies 
shall  have  printed  upon  them  appropriate  instruc- 
tions, and  shall  be  in  appropriate  form  for  use  at  the 
primaries.  They  shall  also  provide  for  the  opening 
of  the  polling-places,  for  the  compensation  of  the 
owners  thereof,  shall  see  that  they  are  in  proper 
order,  and  provided  with  voting-booths,  as  at  elec- 
tions. 

Section  8.  The  primaries  shall  be  conducted  by  the 
regular  election  boards,  duly  elected  under  existing 
laws,. who  shall  receive  one-half  the  compensation  for 
their  services  that  they  receive  at  elections.  In- 
spectors of  elections  shall  have  the  right  to  appoint 
clerks  to  assist  them,  as  at  elections,  who  shall  receive 
one-half  the  compensation  that  clerks  receive  for  such 
services  at  elections.  Vacancies  on  election  boards 
shall  be  filled  in  the  manner  now  provided  by  law. 
Before  entering  upon  their  duties  the  election  officers 
and  clerks  shall  be  sworn,  as  is  now  required  by  law. 

The  polls  shall  be  open  between  the  hours  of  two 
post  meridian  and  eight  post  meridian:  Provided, 
That  all  persons  licensed  to  sell  liquors,  either  at 
wholesale  or  retail,  or  as  bottlers,  shall  be  compelled 
to  keep  their  places  of  business  closed,  on  said  days 
for  holding  said  primary  elections,  only  between  the 
hours  of  one  o^clock  post  meridian  and  nine  o'clock 
post  meridian. 

Primaries  shall  be  conducted  in  conformity  with 
the  laws  governing  the  conduct  of  general  elections, 
in  so  far  as  the  same  are  not  modified  by  the  provi- 


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sions  of  this  act  or  are  not  inconsistent  with  its  termis: 
But,  provided,  That  no  elector  shall  be  permitted 
to  receive  any  assistance  in  marking  his  ballot,  unless 
he  shall  first  make  an  affidavit  that  he  cannot  read 
the  names  on  the  ballot,  or  that  by  reason  of  physical 
disability  he  is  unable  to  mark  his  ballot. 

Section  9.  The  county  commissioners  shall  keep,  an 
accurate  account  of  the  entire  expense  of  holding  such 
primaries,  including  the  preparation  and  delivery  of 
supplies,  voting  materials,  et  cetera,  and  the  total 
amount  shall  Ibe  paid,  in  the  first  instance,  by  the 
county  treasurer,  upon  the  order  of  the  county  com- 
missioners. As  soon  as  convenient  thereafter,  the 
county  commissioners  shall  prepare  an  itemized  state- 
ment of  the  amount  so  paid,  verified  by  oath,  and  send 
the  same,  accompanied  by  the  receipted  vouchers,  to 
the  Auditor  General,  who,  if  he  finds  the  same  correct, 
shall  draw  a  warrant  on  the  State  Treasurer,  for  the 
proper  county,  for  the  amount  so  approved,  which 
shall  be  paid  by  the  State  Treasurer  out  of  the  money 
in  the  State  Treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated. 

Section  10.  The  qualifications  of  electors  entitled 
to  vote  at  a  primary  shall  be  the  same  as  the  qualifi- 
cations of  electors  entitled  to  vote  at  elections,  within 
the  election  district  where  the  primary  is  held.  Each 
elector  shall  prove  his  qualifications  and  his  identity 
in  the  same  manner  in  which  electors  in  the  election 
district  in  which  he  offers  to  vote  are,  or  hereafter 
may  be,  required  by  law  to  prove  their  qualifications 
or  identity,  on  election  day. 

Each  elector  shall  have  the  right  to  receive  the 
ballot  of  the  party  for  which  he  asks:  Provided,  That 
if  he  is  challenged,  he  shall  be  required  to  make  oath 
or  affirmation  that,  at  the  next  preceding  general 
election  at  which  he  voted,  he  voted  for  a  majority 
of  the  candidates  of  the  party  for  whose  ballot  he 
asks. 

Upon  executing  such  affidavit  the  voter  shall  be  en- 
titled to  receive  the  ballot  for  which  he  has  called, 
and  to  cast  his  vote  according  to  law. 

Section  11.  The  ballot  boxes,  lists  of  voters  (a  copy 
of  which  shall  be  posted  outside  of  the  polling-place), 
and  other  records  shall  be  delivered  into  the  custody 
of  the  officers  who  now  are,  or  hereafter  may  be, 
required  by  law  to  keep  similar  records  of  elections. 

Upon  the  closing  of  the  polls  at  such  primary  elec- 
tion, the  election  officers  shall  forthwith  procoed  to 
open  the  ballot  boxes  and  take  therefrom  the  ballots, 
and  first  count  the  number  cast  for  each  party,  and 
make  a  record  thereof;  and  then  count  the  vote  cast 
for  the  different  persons  named  upon  said  party  bal- 
lots; and,  when  said  count  is  finally  completed,  they 
shall  certify,  in  due  and  proper  form,  to  the  number 


of  votes  cast  for  each  person  upon  the  respective  party 
tickets.  They  shall  then  replace  the  ballots,  counted 
and  canvassed,  in  the  boxes,  and  lock  the  same.  They 
shall  then  place  the  returns  of  votes  and  the  register 
of  voters,  aforesaid,  for  each  party,  in  separate  en- 
velopes, and  seal  the  same;  which  said  envelopes 
shall,  on  or  before  noon  of  the  Tuesday  following,  be 
deposited  by  the  judge  of  election  in  person,  or  by 
registered  mail,  with  the  county  commissioners,  who 
shall  on  the  succeeding  day,  at  noon,  publicly  com- 
mence the  computation  and  canvassing  of  the  re- 
turns, and  continue  the  same  from  day  to  day  until 
completed;  and  for  that  purpose  to  have  the  right  to 
petition  the  court  of  common  pleas  for  the  use  of  its 
processes  to  enforce  the  provisions  of  this  act  in  rela- 
tion to  the  returns  of  the  election  officers. 

Upon  petition  of  ten  qualified  electors  of  any  coun- 
ty, setting  forth  that  fraud  has  been  committed  in 
any  election  district  of  said  county,  together  with  a 
statement  of  the  reasons  why  such  an  assertion  is 
made,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  county  commis- 
sioners to  open  the  ballot  box  of  the  said  district  and 
to  recount  the  votes.  Any  person  aggrieved  by  any 
decision  of  the  county  commissioners  relative  to  the 
counting  of  the  votes  may  appeal  therefrom  to  the 
court  of  common  pleas  of  the  proper  county,  whose 
duty  it  shall  be  to  hear  said  appeal,  and  to  make  such 
decree  as  right  and  justice  shall  require:  Provided, 
however.  That  in  case  of  a  contest  of  delegates  to  a 
State  Convention,  such  contests  shall  be  determined 
by  the  State  Convention,  according  to  the  rules  of 
their  respective  parties.  Contests  of  primaries  shall 
be  originated  and  conducted  as  in  the  case  of  elec- 
tions. 

The  county  commissioners  shall  make  the  proper 
certification  of  returns  of  votes  cast  for  the  candidates 
for  nomination  for  members  of  Congress  or  for  State 
offices  to  the  Secretary  of  the  Commonwealth,  who 
shall  tabulate  the  same,  and  shall  certify  to  the  county 
commissioners  the  result  of  the  computation  of  the 
vote  for  such  offices,  at  least  forty  days  prior  to 
the  election. 

Section  12.  Candidates  for  offices  of  the  Common- 
wealth, to  be  voted  for  by  electors  of  the  State  at 
large,  shall  be  nominated  by  the  State  conventions, 
for  which  delegates  are  elected  in  accordance  with 
the  terms  of  this  act.  The  delegates  who  receive 
a  plurality  of  the  votes  of  the  party  electors  at  the 
Spring  primary  shall  be  the  duly  elected  delegates 
to  the  respective  State  and  National  conventions. 
Said  State  conventions  shall  be  held  not  later  thao 
one  week  after  the  date  of  the  primary,  in  accordance 
with  the  rules  of  the  respective  parties. 


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Candidates  for  nomination  as  provided  herein,  wtio 
receive  a  plurality  of  votes  of  any  party  at  a  primary 
meeting,  shall  be  the  candidates  of  that  party,  and 
it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  proper  officers  to  print 
their  names  upon  the  official  ballots,  for  use  at  the 
election,  as  is  now  or  hereafter  may  be  required  by 
law. 

Candidates  for  party  offices,  who  receive  a  plurality 
of  the  votes  cast  for  such  candidates,  shall  be  the 
party  officers  of  such  party. 

In  case  of  a  tie,  the  candidates  receiving  the  tie 
vote  shall  cast  lots  before  the  county  commissioners 
or  the  Secretary  of  the  Commonwealth,  as  the  case 
may  be,  and  the  one  to  whom  the  lot  shall  fall  shall 
be  entitled  to  the  nomination  or  election. 

Vacancies  happening  or  existing  after  the  date  of 
the  primary  may  be  filled  in  accordance  with  the 
party  rules,  as  is  now  or  hereafter  may  be  provided 
by  law. 

Section  13.  Each  candidate  shall  be  entitled  to 
have  two  watchers  at  the  primaries,  as  at  elections, 
only  one  of  whom  shall  be  entitled  to  be  within  the 
polling-room  at  one  time.  Their  rights,  duties  and 
method  of  appointment  shall  be  as  at  elections.  Each 
party  or  candidate  may,  at  any  time  before  the  pri- 
mary, present  a  petition  to  the  court  of  common  pleas 
of  the  proper  county,  setting  forth  the  fact  that  it 
or  he  has  reason  to  believe  that  in  a  certain  district 
or  districts  fraud  or  unfair  methods  may  be  attempt- 
ed; and  if,  upon  a  consideration  of  the  facts  presented 
in  said  petition,  the  court  shall  be  of  the  opinion 
that  said  application  is  made  in  good  faith,  the  said 
court  shall  appoint  an  overseer  for  said  petitioner 
or  petitioners,  who  shall  be  entitled  to  remain  within 
the  polling-place  during  the  casting  and  the  counting 
of  the  ballots. 

Section  14.  Any  person  who  votes  or  attempts  to 
vote  at  a  primary,  knowing  that  he  does  not  possess 
the  qualifications  of  a  voter  at  such  primary,  as  indi- 
cated by  this  act,  or  who  shall  vote  or  attempt  to 
vote  more  than  once  at  a  primary,  or  who  shall  have 
unlawfully  in  his  possession  an  official  ballot,  outside 
the  polling-place,  shall  be  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor, 
and,  upon  conviction  thereof,  shall  be  sentenced  to 
pay  a  fine  not  exceeding  one  thousand  dollars  or  to 
undergo  an  imprisonment  not  exceeding  two  years, 
or  both,  in  the  discretion  of  the  court.  No  police 
officer  in  commission,  whether  in  uniform  or  in  citi- 
zens' clothes,  shall  be  within  one  hundred  feet  of  a 
polling-place  during  the  conduct  of  a  primary  election, 
unless  in  the  exercise  of  his  privilege  of  voting,  or 
for  the  purpose  of  the  serving  of  warrants,  or  tht* 
preserving  of  the  peace. 


Any  election  officer  who  permits  a  person  to  vote 
at  any  primary,  with  the  knowledge  that  such  person 
is  not  so  entitled  to  vote,  or  refuses  to  permit  any 
lawfully  entitled  elector  to  vote  at  such  primary, 
with  the  knowledge  that  such  person  is  so  entitled  to 
vote,  or  who  refuses  to  permit  him  to  receive  the  party 
ballot  for  which  he  asks,  after  having  executed  the 
affidavit  herein  provided,  shall  be  guilty  of  a  misde- 
meanor, and,  upon  conviction  thereof,  shall  be  sen- 
tenced to  pay  a  fine  not  exceeding  one  thousand  dol- 
lars or  to  undergo  an  imprisonment  not  exi^eeding 
five  years,  or  both,  in  the  discretion  of  the  court. 

Any  election  officer  or  clerk  who  shall  be  guilty 
of  any  wilful  fraud  in  the  conduct  of  his  duties  at  a 
primary,  or  who  shall  make  a  false  return  of  the 
'  votes  cast  at  such  primary,  or  who  shall  deposit 
fraudulent  ballots  in  the  ballot  box,  or  who  shall 
certify  as  correct  a  return  of  ballots  in  the  ballot 
box  which  he  knows  to  have  been  fraudulently  de- 
posited therein,  or  who  shall  write  false  names  in  the 
lists  of  voters  for  the  purpose  of  concealing  the  de- 
posit of  such  fraudulent  ballots  or  of  aiding  in  the 
perpetration  of  such  fraud,  or  who  shall  conspire  with 
others  to  commit  any  of  the  offenses  herein  mentioned, 
shall  be  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and,  upon  convic- 
tion thereof,  shall  be  sentenced  to  pay  a  fine  not 
exceeding  one  thousand  dollars  or  to  undergo  impris- 
onment not  exceeding  five  years,  or  both,  in  the  dis- 
cretion of  the  court. 

Except  as  modified  by  the  terms  of  this  act,  elec- 
tion officers  shall  be  subject  to  the  same  pains  and 
penalties  for  violations  or  neglect  of  their  duties  at 
a  primary  as  they  are  or  hereafter  may  be  subject  to 
for  violation  or  neglect  of  such  duties  at  elections. 
In  all  other  respects,  officers  officiating  at  primaries 
shall  be  subject  to  the  pains  and  penalties  provided 
by  law  for  offenses  committed  at  primaries.  The 
existing  laws  relating  to  bribery  at  primaries  shall 
continue  in  force,  and  shall  apply  to  bribery  at  pri- 
maries as  provided  by  this  act. 

Section  15.  All  laws  or  parts  of  laws  inconsistent 
herewith  are  hereby  repealed. 

Approved — The  17th  day  of  February,  A.  D.  1906. 
SAML.  W.  PENNYPAOKER. 

The  foregoing  Is  a  true  and  correct  copy  of  the  Act 
of  the  General  Assemblv  No.  10. 


Secretary  of  the  Commonwealth. 


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